Celtics (43-21) vs Bucks (53-12) – 6:30PM, Fri., July 31, 2020

ConstableGeneva · Post #81 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 5:21 pm

3D Chess wrote:
MagicBagley18 wrote:
3D Chess wrote:The Alvin Gentry strategy. I thought Brad was smarter than this... Surely his knee doesn't know which part of the quarter we are in. What am I missing here?

This baffles me also.....keep the minutes the same just play him during the stretch if those minutes are available

Y'all will forget this insignificant detail once we're hanging that 18th banner on 2020-21 season opening night.

hugepatsfan · Post #82 » by **hugepatsfan** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 5:28 pm

exculpatory wrote:
Slax wrote:
3D Chess wrote:The Alvin Gentry strategy. I thought Brad was smarter than this... Surely his knee doesn't know which part of the quarter we are in. What am I missing here?

Maybe he wants to give Kemba some more low pressure minutes to get him loose and back in the swing of things first before focusing too much on winning close games? He didn't get a ton of minutes during the scrimmages. Only explanation I can think of.

You are being too kind to Brad.
DUMB.

He hasn't played a full game in months. Building stamina will be important. He won't be able to do that if you play him in 5 minute spurts each quarter. It's going to be important that he conditions himself to play actual minutes at a time. He's gotta build stamina to be out there in 8-10 minute spurts and he's only going to be able to do that by playing 8-10 minute spurts.

Celtic Esquire · Post #83 » by **Celtic Esquire** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 5:48 pm

I am ready for the hot takes and meltdowns! :nod:

Post #84 » by **Feed Your Head** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:02 pm

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Homerclease · Post #85 » by **Homerclease** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:13 pm

exculpatory wrote:
Slax wrote:
3D Chess wrote:The Alvin Gentry strategy. I thought Brad was smarter than this... Surely his knee doesn't know which part of the quarter we are in. What am I missing here?

Maybe he wants to give Kemba some more low pressure minutes to get him loose and back in the swing of things first before focusing too much on winning close games? He didn't get a ton of minutes during the scrimmages. Only explanation I can think of.

You are being too kind to Brad.
DUMB.

Why is it dumb? Seeding doesn’t matter. These games are glorified scrimmages

Celts17Pride · Post #86 » by **Celts17Pride** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:15 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:Tatum - 32 pts
Brown - 18 pts
Hayward - 17 pts
Kemba - 15 pts
Smart - 12 pts
Everyone else - 18 pts

Celtics win, 112-106. 80 pts by Middleton.

Officials for tonight: James Capers, Kevin Scott, Brent Barnaky

Sad thing is the 80 pts by Middleton might be more likely than the 18 pts by everyone else.

Ben-N1ce · Post #87 » by **Ben-N1ce** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:47 pm

I'm working till 6 so this works out well

Post #88 » by **Bleeding Green** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:10 pm

itrsteve wrote:
Bleeding Green wrote:Feels like neither team has much to play for. Bucks have the 1 seed on lock and Celtics have the 3 seed on lock barring craziness. Just don't get injured and I'm happy.

I have a hard time seeing Milwaukee rolling over and treating this like a scrimmage. I don't believe Giannis is wired that way and this will trickle to the others.

It's not really Giannis's call. See Bledsoe and Patty C not playing despite both of them practicing yesterday.

And Milwaukee has played half the season like a scrimmage, they play three quarters and then bring in the end-of-bench.

Curmudgeon · Post #89 » by **Curmudgeon** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:11 pm

It will be interesting to see if the Bucks have an answer to Jaylen Brown. They can put Giannis on Tatum, but who guards Brown? Brown will eat Khris Middleton for lunch, so maybe they go with George Hill or the corpse of Wesley Matthews.

31to6 · Post #90 » by **31to6** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:37 pm

The Comedian wrote:

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SO HYPE

exculpatory · Post #91 » by **exculpatory** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:44 pm

31to6 wrote:
The Comedian wrote:

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Damn psyched

Post #92 » by **Parliament10** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:48 pm

31to6 wrote:
The Comedian wrote:

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SO HYPE

Let's Rock & Roll over them!!!

ConstableGeneva · Post #93 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:48 pm

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LMAO I wanted the Cs to go after Marvin (decent 3&D swing; Kemba connection; locker room presence). Now I'm putting the over/under of Williams playing for Milwaukee at 10 minutes his entire Bucks career.

Blaze4G · Post #94 » by **Blaze4G** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:22 pm

3D Chess wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:

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If I'm reading this correctly, we won't have Kemba for late part of the 3rd and whole of the 4th, no matter the score by then.

The Alvin Gentry strategy. I thought Brad was smarter than this... Surely his knee doesn't know which part of the quarter we are in. What am I missing here?

I don't see the issue with this. It might be Brad wanting players to get use to the rotations. So for the first half it will be like a fully healthy Celtics team.

DoubleHappiness · Post #95 » by **DoubleHappiness** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:24 pm

"It's the day of the show y'all."

Tyakack · Post #96 » by **Tyakack** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:38 pm

Seeding not mattering makes it hard for me to get too pumped for this. The games won't really matter until the playoffs since there's no real homecourt advantage...I'll probably still watch at least some of the game though and hope to be entertained.

Post #97 » by **djFan71** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:49 pm

Gonna knock off work early and move from the spare bedroom/office to the couch for this. Still seems a touch unreal that it's happening, but I can now legitimately plan my day around it guilt-free since all other events/commitments are gone.

Curmudgeon · Post #98 » by **Curmudgeon** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:51 pm

The NBA brain trust ought to be in heaven after the two games last night. Both went down to the wire, and the NO-Utah game was highly entertaining. I saw the highlights of the LA vs LA game, and I expect that it was entertaining as well.

Do either of those games really matter? Yes, the loss matters to NO, but they were a longshot anyway, and were only invited so that the league's star makers can slobber all over Zion.

themoneyteam2 · Post #99 » by **themoneyteam2** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:09 pm

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Post #100 » by **bisme37** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:19 pm

LET'S GO CELTICS!!

That's all I wanted to say about that. Enjoy the game everyone